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Der Ferne Klang - Orchestral Works and Songs by Franz Schreker
00028948639908 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (17 March 2023)
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Der Ferne Klang - Orchestral Works and Songs by Franz Schreker published on 16 March 2023
Chen Reiss, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Franz Schreker (1878-1934):
1 Nachtstück (Interlude, Act III, Der ferne Klang)
2 Valse lente for small orchestra
Kammersymphonie - Chamber Symphony
3 Langsam, schwebend -
4 Scherzo. Allegro vivace -
5 Ziemlich bewegt -
6 Langsam, schwebend (Tempo des Anfangs)
Vom ewigen Leben (Of Eternal Life) for soprano and orchestra (text: Walt Whitman, in Hans Reisiger's German translation)
7 Wurzeln und Halme sind dies nur
8 Ein Kind sagte: 'Was ist das Gras?'
Fünf Gesänge - five songs for low voice and orchestra
text: Arabian Nights (No 1); Edith Ronsperger (Nos 2-5)
9 Ich frag nach dir jedwede Morgensonne
10 Dies aber kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen
11 Die Dunkelheit sinkt schwer wie Blei
12 Sie sind so schön, die milden, sonnenreichen
13 Einst gibt ein Tag mir alles Glück zu eigen
Kleine Suite - Little Suite for chamber orchestra
14 Präludium
15 Marcia
16 Canon
17 Fughette
18 Intermezzo
19 Capriccio
Romantische Suite Op 14 - Romantic Suite for orchestra
20 Idylle. Andante
21 Scherzo. Prestissimo - Trio
22 Intermezzo. In sanfter Bewegung (Nicht langsam)
23 Tanz. Allegro vivace
Christoph Eschenbach has always been interested in early twentieth-century music, but only in the last twenty years has he discovered Schreker's works. 'I was utterly fascinated by the Kammersymphonie, Eschenbach admits, 'which is why I was keen to record it. As a piece, it is laid out along the grandest lines but the writing is extremely subtle, with a lot of different facets to it.'
Recorded in March 2021 (Valse lente, Kammersymphonie and Fünf Gesänge), May 2021 (Kleine Suite, Romantische Suite) and May-June 2022 (Nachtstück and Vom ewigen Leben) in the Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany.